G/TBT/N/PHL/272  
12 October 2021  
(21-7701) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be ind icated if different from above:   
MR. NEIL P. CATAJAY  
Director  
Email: BPS@dti.gov.ph ;  
Tel. No.: (632) 7 791.3128 Fax: (632) 7 751.4706  
Website: www.bps.dti.gov.ph   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Mercury 
Added Products 1. Batte ries 1.1 Button zinc silver oxide batteries 1.2 Button zinc air 
batteries 2. Switches and relays with very high accuracy capacitance and loss 
measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in 
monitoring and control instruments s uch as: 2.1 Tilt Switch 2.2 Inclination Switch 2.3. 
Flame Sensor Switch 2.4. Float Switch 2.5. Mercury Seismic Switch 2.6. Pressure Switch 
2.7 Temperature Switch 2.8. Mercury Displacement Relays 2.9. Mercury Reed Relays 
2.10. Mercury Overcurrent Relay 2.11 . Mercury Wetted Reed Relay 2.12. Mercury Contact 
Relay 2.13. High Frequency Radio Frequency Switches (3MHz to 30 MHz) 2.14. High 
Frequency Radio Frequency Relays (3MHz to 30 MHz) 3. Compact Fluorescent Lamps 
(CFLs) for general lighting purposes that are ≤  30 watts 4. Linear Fluorescent Lamps 
(LFLs) for general lighting purposes: 4.1 Triband phosphor < 60 watts 4.2 Halophosphate 
phosphor ≤ 40 watts 3. Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFL) and External Electrode 
Fluorescent Lamps (EEFL): 3.1 short length (≤ 500 mm) 3.2 medium length (> 500 mm 
3.3 long length (> 1 500 mm)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Administrative Order No.:__________ Series of 2021 The New Technical Regulations 
Concerning the Mandatory Product Ce rtification of Mercury Added Products (15 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This DAO strictly aims to ensure that mercury added products 
to be imported, manufactured, distributed or sold in the Philippines meet the specified 
safety requireme nts prescribed by this Technical Regulation.  G/TBT/N/PHL/272  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• IEC 62321 -4 
• PNS IEC 62321 -3-1:2021  
• PNS IEC 62554:2021   
• PNS IEC 62321 -3-1:2021  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in a newspaper of general circulation, a copy of which shall be submitted to 
the UP Office of National Administrative Register.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in a newspaper of general circulation, a copy of which shall be submitted 
to the UP Office of National Administrative Register.  
10. Final date for comments:  7 December 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
NEIL P. CATAJAY  
Director  
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
3F Trade and Industry Building  
361 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue  
Makati City  
Philippines  
1200  
(632) 7751 4700; (632) 7 7913128  
bps@dti.gov.ph  
http://www.bps.dti.gov.ph  
Head of Organization  
 
http://bps.dti.gov.ph/index.php/product -certification/draft -dao-for-comments  
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